Album · 1985
Hounds of Love
by Kate Bush
Hounds of Love is a 1985 pop rock album by Kate Bush. It runs 12 tracks across 48 minutes on Concord Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 12 ratings.
Pop Rock · Pop · Singer-Songwriter
#1 in Best albums of 1985 · #4 in Best pop rock albums
Your rating
- 4.5 /5
- 12 ratings
- 93 /100
- 9 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 48 min
- Runtime
- 115 bpm
- Tempo
- E major
- Key
Ratings
12 ratings · avg 4.5
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Reviews
Critics
9 publications
- AllMusic5/5
- Los Angeles Times4/4
- Mojo5/5
- Pitchfork10/10
- Record Mirror5/5
- Sounds5/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- The Village VoiceB
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 48 min
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Also released as
Every pressing below shares this page's rating and reviews — they are the same record.
Hounds of Love (2018 Remaster)Remaster · 2011 · 12 tracks
- 1Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (2018 Remaster)
- 2Hounds Of Love (2018 Remaster)
- 3The Big Sky (2018 Remaster)
- 4Mother Stands For Comfort (2018 Remaster)
- 5Cloudbusting (2018 Remaster)
- 6And Dream Of Sheep (2018 Remaster)
- 7Under Ice (2018 Remaster)
- 8Waking The Witch (2018 Remaster)
- 9Watching You Without Me (2018 Remaster)
- 10Jig Of Life (2018 Remaster)
- 11Hello Earth (2018 Remaster)
- 12The Morning Fog (2018 Remaster)
Ranked by listeners
5 rated tracks
According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Hounds of Love is Hounds of Love — rated 5.0/5 by 4 listeners.
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About
Hounds of Love is a 1985 album by English singer Kate Bush. It was Bush's fifth studio album, and her second to top the album charts. It has since been certified Double Platinum in the UK. Four singles were released from the album: "Running Up That Hill", "Cloudbusting", "Hounds of Love", and "The Big Sky". "Running Up That Hill" became one of her biggest hits in the UK, and re-introduced Bush to American listeners, receiving considerable airplay at the time of its release. In 2002, Q Magazine named Hounds of Love the third Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist, and in 2000, the twentieth Greatest British Album of All Time. Bush's most successful album commercially, Hounds of Love reached the number one position in the charts in the UK.
In brief
- Is Hounds of Love good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Hounds of Love 4.5/5 from 12 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Hounds of Love?
- Hounds of Love, rated 5.0/5 by 4 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Hounds of Love released?
- Hounds of Love was released in 1985 on Concord Records.
- How many tracks are on Hounds of Love?
- Hounds of Love has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 48 minutes.
- What genre is Hounds of Love?
- Hounds of Love is catalogued under Pop Rock, Pop, Singer-Songwriter.
- What BPM is Hounds of Love?
- Hounds of Love runs at a median tempo of 115 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Hounds of Love?
- Listeners of Hounds of Love also rate Homogenic by Björk, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie, Disintegration by The Cure.
- Who produced Hounds of Love?
- Kate Bush produced 11 of the 12 tracks on Hounds of Love.
- Who wrote the songs on Hounds of Love?
- Kate Bush wrote 2 of the 12 tracks on Hounds of Love.
Hounds of Love at a glance
- Label
- EMI
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road Studios, Windmill Lane Studios
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Credits
- Produced by
- Written by
- Mixed by
- Engineered by
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Paul HardimanPearse Dunne- Played by
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Del PalmerJohn SheahanLiam O’FlynnPaddy BushAlan MurphyBrian BathDanny ThompsonJonathan WilliamsKevin McAleaThe Medici Sextet- Vocals by
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Del PalmerThe Richard Hickox Singers
Lineage
11 connections
Built from
- TsintskaroAnonymousinterpolatesHounds of Love
Lives on in
GwanRostamsampled inRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Running Up That HillKim Petrascovered byRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Running Up That HillCar Seat Headrestcovered byRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Running Up That HillMEG MYERScovered byRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Hounds of LoveThe Futureheadscovered byHounds of Love
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